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All Fact-checks for County Budget

Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on November 24, 2021 in a tweet:
“Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.
Mostly True
December 11, 2021
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
stated on August 21, 2020 in an ad:
After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied.
Half-True
September 4, 2020
Kim Gray
Kim Gray
stated on March 3, 2020 in a radio interview.:
“Even Fairfax County doesn’t pay the kind of (school administration) salaries that Richmond is paying right now.”
False
By Warren Fiske • April 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 in social media posts:

"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."
False
By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020
Steve Chabot
Steve Chabot
stated on September 6, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says Aftab Pureval is "lying" about his office’s "$400,000 projected deficit."

 
False
By Stephen Koff • September 13, 2018
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on May 1, 2018 in an interview on The Capital Pressroom:

Marc Molinaro "has cut taxes, his budget now is lower than it was six years ago" in Dutchess County
Half-True
By Dan Clark • May 24, 2018
Travis Forward
Travis Forward
stated on October 23, 2017 in a mailer advocating voter approval of Travis County bond propositions:

"The Travis County propositions will not raise your taxes! If you are 65 or older, your property taxes are frozen."


 
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 5, 2017 in an interview:

When he was Milwaukee County executive, "eight years in a row we pushed through budgets that did not increase the tax levy from the previous year."

 
Mostly False
June 30, 2017
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on May 18, 2017 in an interview:

Says David Clarke reduced the number of Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies "from about 700 and something to 300 and something."

 
Half-True
May 26, 2017
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on March 21, 2017 in an interview:

"As chairman of the Fulton board of commissioners, I turned a $100 million deficit into a balanced budget."

 
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2017
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